Man City’s draw with Crystal Palace not bad luck, says Pep Guardiola

Manchester City’s coach Pep Guardiola waved away the idea that their shocking draw with Crystal Palace was bad luck.

City got nineteen shots on target in the course of the match, but the only two shots fired by Crystal Palace birthed the 2-2 draw.

Speaking to Manchester City’s journalists, Pep Guardiola said the following:

‘It’s not bad luck. It’s deserved. We gave away two points.

‘For yourself, when you give this penalty [away] you deserve it. You see the chances we create and the chances we concede are quite similar all this season, except the Chelsea game.

‘We are not able to close the games.’

‘When 10 players are in the 18-yard box with 10 metres of space, we have to be patient, arrive in the box from crosses and play at the right tempo.

‘Playing that way we hardly conceded anything until the goal.

‘There was one chance [for them] in the first half when two players slipped.

‘Until the goal on 76 minutes they didn’t create anything.

‘The team was really good, but in the end when you give Crystal Palace a penalty you don’t deserve it.

‘It’s like the Chelsea penalty, we don’t deserve to win.

‘Look at the games against Spurs, Liverpool and today, we were excellent, but we were unable to win the games.

‘When this happens, it’s because we are not consistent enough to close the games and many other reasons.’

Some believe it could be City’s lower aggressiveness that birthed the draw. Guardiola was quick to disagree with his interviewer on that.

‘I don’t agree with you,’ he said.

‘We play the same, but at 2-1 it is difficult. We attack, but they want to stay there (defending deep).

‘Even at 2-0 they stay there. They run away on 86 and 87 and they were a bit more forward.

‘In the end, be patient, don’t concede transitions and that’s not what we have done in seven, eight years in these types of games.

‘In the first action they run, they score a goal and in the last minute we give them a penalty.

‘In the 18-yard box we have to be careful, and we were not careful.

‘When this happens it’s well deserved, we don’t deserve to win. When you give away penalties it’s because you don’t deserve it.’

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